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Researchers Are Working To Grow Fruits And Vegetables In Space
21.08.2023 - 11:41 / theunconventionalgardener.com / Emma Doughty
NBC News has made a lovely short video about NASA’s Plant Processing Lab at the Kennedy Space Center. Joshua Johnson reports on how NASA scientists are researching how to grow plants in space to make long-term space travel sustainable, and how research partners at the University of Florida are growing plants in soil from the Moon.
In this film, you’ll hear from Bryan Onate about nutrients in space food, and using resources on the Moon and Mars. There’s a look at what’s been grown in the Vegetable Production System on the ISS, and the chiles that grew in the Advanced Plant Habitat, and the psychological benefits of edible plants in space.
Anna-Lisa Paul from the UF Space Plants Lab talks about their recent ground-breaking experiments growing plants in real lunar regolith.
And then it’s back to Kennedy to see some projects in development. There’s tomatoes growing in a high CO2 environment, with an eye towards growing them on the Mars transit vehicle. There’s a random positioning machine growing microgreens in simulated microgravity, and Christina Johnson harvesting microgreens.
Next we see Gioia Massa pollinating strawberries grown from seed, while Bryan Onate talks about NASA’s seed films.
Then it’s on to Oscar Monje, who is working on hyperspectral imaging systems that can monitor plant health.
And finally back to Bryan Onate, talking about the seeds, algae, yeast and fungi that will soon be taking a trip to the Moon on Artemis 1.
Phew! That’s a lot of astrobotany to cram into five minutes!
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